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Best Ab Exercises For Women That Are Better Than Crunches

All you need is your core and a wall what I consider the best ab exercises for women!  I am calling them “better than crunches” because, quite frankly, they are. Check out these “anti-rotational” ab exercises. Why are they so important for women? Well, the main focus of these moves AND of your core in…

Best Cardio Workout Without Equipment

Get on the stairs with “THE STAIRMASTER 3.0” for one of the best cardio workouts you can do without equipment! I’m calling it “3.0” since I’m taking the jumps through 3 different planes of motion. SAGITTAL PLANE JUMPS FRONTAL PLANE JUMPS TRANSVERSE PLANE JUMPS Your landing form is crucial here. Dissipate the force of the…

2016 Spring Training Begins in Battery Park NYC Boot Camp (lower manhattan)

Same old group training workout in a park? Nah, we challenge the *fitness status quo* by taking our spring training throughout the streets of NYC. Using adaptation and reinvention, we utilize every obstacle that crosses our path. Scaffolding, subway steps, or even lines in the crosswalk become an integral part of the training for accelerated…

StrongHealthy Woman Indoor Winter Boot Camp – Tribeca, NYC

My NYC SWEAT ANGELS! Since it’s a brisk 12 degrees outside these days, we’ve taken StrongHealthyWoman Boot Camp INDOORS to our new home for the winter at Church Street Boxing Gym! Want to come play, laugh and sweat? Register here!  M/W 5:30-6:30am! Stay determined, focused and addicted to improving yourself, Dr. Laura Miranda DPT, MSPT,…

Battery Park Boot Camp Finishes Last Outdoor Session Sprinting On Wall Street (Video)

This BAD ASS Battery Park Boot Camp for women-warriors is about to finish our last session of 2015 outdoors in lower Manhattan! We celebrated Here is a little taste of the PURSUIT sprint session all over Fidi, Tribeca, and Battery Park! (We are not your mother’s “boot camp!”)  We used just about every obstacle/tree/railing/wall in…

NYC Is Your Gym: Outdoor Metabolic Workout (Video)

. NYC IS YOUR GYM // When you see a wall, do you see the possibilities? You should. Fitness is everywhere, you just have to know where to look.   A video posted by Dr. Laura Miranda DPT, CSCS (@lauramirandafit) on Dec 11, 2015 at 5:51am PST Try this: 20-40 seconds with good form of…

NYC Strong Healthy Woman Athlete Transforms Her Body And Her Life

This fine athlete is Andrea. She started  StrongHealthyWoman BootCamp when her twin girls were entering 4th grade. In September,  they began their first day of 11th grade! In her own words: “Thanks to this program I have never felt #younger, #stronger and in better shape in my entire life. I work an insanely long day…

Hotel Room Vacation Workout (video)

HOTEL ROOM + MINI BOTTLE SWEAT // Here’s a quick hotel room training session with vodka “mini” bottles. The W Hotel in South Beach considers those “mini” bottles 🙂 Just a side note, water bottles work equally as well!   A video posted by Dr. Laura Miranda DPT, CSCS (@lauramirandafit) on Nov 13, 2015 at…

Best Halloween Pumpkin Workout (video)

HALLOWEEN WORKOUT I couldn’t resist! Get down with this pumpkin training session (A medicine ball or a dumbbell works equally as well!) A video posted by Dr. Laura Miranda DPT, CSCS (@lauramirandafit) on Oct 30, 2015 at 7:42am PDT 30 seconds of each, 3 rounds through! PUMPKIN WOOD CHOPS HIGH KNEE PUMPKIN TAPS ALT PUMPKIN…

NYC Personal Training For New Moms in Tribeca

NO NANNY? NO PROBLEM This is my client, Chessie and her son (my boyfriend) Mason! I got to chase him all around the gym during our session today (agility training?). His shirt says “Pretty Boy Swag”. I’m considering getting one . Just because you can’t get someone to watch your kids doesn’t mean your goals…